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12-letter words containing c, y, t, o, a

  • nonchalantly — coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
  • nonenzymatic — relating to a process not produced by enzymes
  • nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • occidentally — In an occidental manner.
  • octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
  • octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
  • octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
  • one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
  • opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
  • operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
  • oratorically — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
  • orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
  • orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
  • ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
  • overactivity — Excessive activity.
  • overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
  • pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
  • pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
  • part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
  • pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
  • pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
  • phagocytoses — phagocytize.
  • phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
  • phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
  • plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
  • platonically — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
  • play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
  • play it cool — If you play it cool, you deliberately behave in a calm, unemotional way because you do not want people to know you are enthusiastic or angry about something.
  • play it cozy — to act cautiously so as to avoid risk
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
  • polynucleate — having many nuclei.
  • polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
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